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brass carb floats, and solder? Possible real cause of leaks?
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Penman



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PostPosted: Sat Jul 03, 2021 10:16 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Some years ago they started moving lamposts away from the kerb edges because they were vulnerable to being hit in the event of an RTC. and a broken live wire wasn't a good thing to be coming into contact with a metal car or a person.
To avoid long cables they would have to move the lamps back to the kerb edge.
You could presumably have 2 charging points per lampost with the gap between the cars level with the post.
On my road, with about 68 pavement fronted, back to back, houses there are about 40 cars and 5 lamposts.
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Bitumen Boy



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PostPosted: Sun Jul 04, 2021 3:05 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Plugging electric cars into lamp posts for charging purposes is one of those ideas that comes up from time to time but fails as soon as the practicalities are seriously considered. The lighting cables can't possibly carry the current required to charge a significant number of vehicles at once - if they can manage even one or two. Then of course how do you charge for the power used? The necessary boxes aren't something you can just bolt on to a lamp post.

If the idea ever does come to anything I reckon it'll end up being dedicated charging points that can have a street lamp fixed on top as an optional extra, and they will have to installed in quantity to make it worthwhile laying new power cables to them - and who is going to pay for all that?

I did hear something on the radio a while back about people in Northern Ireland who had bought electric cars, expecting to use public charging points as they lacked off street parking at home. A lot of them had ended up going back to petrol or diesel cars because the public charging points were so often out of order through either wear and tear or outright vandalism and were taking a long, long time to be repaired making those fancy electric cars just so many white elephants. Do you remember how phone boxes used to be abused by the many idiots in society? Are public charging points a realistic idea at all?
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lowdrag



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PostPosted: Sun Jul 04, 2021 8:02 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Since when did politicians use common sense? They are all on the green bandwagon, pleading for the global warming cause, while at the same time driving a Cayenne. And there's a point. Does anyone know if we can find a list of all MP's and what cars they (and their spouses - they are cunning this lot) actually drive? Of course, driving a V8 supercharged Jaguar is acceptable because it is "patriotic".
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alastairq



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PostPosted: Sun Jul 04, 2021 8:12 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Tesco have rolled out ''free'' 7 kw so-called 'fast' charging points at their stores.

I don't think it will be long before supermarkets have these charge points splattered all over their carparks? Is the [UK] govt paying for them?
My nearest publicly available charging points are 6 miles away. any more than 4 cars in the area using those charging points will mean queueing up!

Pointless really, since I don't have the wherewithal to even borrow an electric car!

If electric transport is to reach all the corners of our [economic] society , then the bangernomics end of the market [ a huge segment, I think?] needs to have better battery life than a dozen miles before re-charging?

But then, we live in a ''devil-take-the-hindmost'' economic society, where property ownership and excessively comfortable incomes over-ride those at the bottom of the economic spectrum, but who still need to travel, when there is an acute absence of cheap public transport.
[Not everybody lives in a metropolitan urban area. But then, those of us on the fringes of society don't matter , do we?]

Equitable society? Boswellox!

It's about time VED taxation for newer cars was changed. Basing VED on emissions is no longer a viable concept. It should be based nowadays on the weight of the vehicle!!

Or a vehicel's footprint?

That might encourage people to buy smaller, lighter vehicles?
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Clactonguy



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PostPosted: Tue Jul 06, 2021 1:22 pm    Post subject: issues with car bits. Reply with quote

it is common for things to change and where safety is concerned nothing wrong with updating say drums to discs etc .new tyres.. steering to have power etc all mods that can add to enjoyment of vehicles and enhance use of. if a museum piece ?then such alterations are not needed or in fact wanted. modern fuels do give issues. old car cooling systems often only just coping etc . nothing wrong with alterations but theres a world of difference to altering to get a sort of hot rod car..etc. rather than just making car more capable with modern traffic and handling. each to own I guess.
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ukdave2002



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PostPosted: Fri Jul 09, 2021 9:56 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

alastairq wrote:
Tesco have rolled out ''free'' 7 kw so-called 'fast' charging points at their stores.

I don't think it will be long before supermarkets have these charge points splattered all over their carparks? Is the [UK] govt paying for them?


Installing electric charging points asap must be on the agenda of every retail organisation that offers parking, we have 3 supermarkets in Nantwich 2 of them have free charging points, Aldi has the most with 5 chargers. In 30 mins one could top up 3.5KW, finger in the air that probably around 15 miles. "Fast charging" requires considerably more than 7kw; domestic fast chargers are 3 times this rating.
I have no idea what the electrical consumption of a supermarket is, however I'm sure that adding half a dozen 7kw charging points to a supermarket wont be a problem, however in the future when the majority of vehicles are electric, a hundred and fifty spaces potentially drawing a Mega Watt wont be something that a supermarket supply can absorb.
Putting generation to one side the retailers with carparks are going to require much thicker cables to accommodate the additional demand, so expect to see roads dug up in the near futureto get this infrastructure in.

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Ray White



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PostPosted: Fri Jul 09, 2021 11:57 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Electric cars mean MORE not less pollution.

SF6 is the power generation industry's dirty secret.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-49567197
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alastairq



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PostPosted: Fri Jul 09, 2021 1:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Indeed Ray..but because the name is hard to pronounce, teh eco warriors out there try to ignore it.

Whilst the generating industry is working to replace the hexywotsitcalled gas as a fire suppressant in switchgear, with something new [and quite likely harmful or less efficient in other ways?...and will trumpet this ''hard-working' excuse, the old stiff still remains, not only in this country, but in other , less well off countries too.

Reminds me of the fire suppressant debacle [my description, others will argue against ]...imposed by the MSAuk [or should that be, msUK?}

When the mandatory fire extinguisher for all changed from Halon [sadly eats the ozone layer, but a very efficient fire extinguishant]...to the current AFFFF or whatever the foamy stuff is called?

A chemical which is inferior at putting fires out, to Halon...[which only became harmful to the planet, if used?]

Policy goes from sublime to the gorblimey all the time..
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Ray White



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PostPosted: Fri Jul 09, 2021 1:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

alastairq wrote:

Policy goes from sublime to the gorblimey all the time..


Did I mention the new Nuclear fusion (as opposed to fission) power plant planned for my neck the woods?

I wonder if it will work or be just another excuse to get snouts in the trough?

Anyway; my point is that the unbelievably high temperatures that need to be reached to create helium from hydrogen must surely be a fire risk?... Confused

As you say.... "gorblimey"!! Laughing
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